Study Guide for Cannistraro/Reich's The Western Perspective: A History of Civilization in the West, Volume 1: To 1715, 2nd

Study Guide for Cannistraro/Reich's The Western Perspective, Volume 2: A History of Civilization in the West, Since 1500, 2nd

Atlas of Western Civilization

The Western Perspective A History of European Civilization, Volume B: 1300-1815

Summary

This is Volume B of THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Second Edition. True to its title, THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE focuses on the Western experience, while also placing that experience in the wider context of developments in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific. Accessible and clearly written, Cannistraro and Reich's text illustrates the causal connections across cultures and historical periods, conveying the record of human struggle and achievement, of conflict and community, of cultural diversity, of economic and technological developments, and of social change. The text's unique cultural perspective and theme and its unusually rich coverage of cultural history offer vivid images that communicate the full range of human experience. The "Perspectives" theme, which appears in every part and topic opener and in features, gives the book its unifying motif. Meanwhile, the book's flexible, modular structure ensures that you can easily adapt the text to your syllabus. THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE is also available in the following split options: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Complete Volume, Second Edition (Contains Parts I-VIII) ISBN: 053461065X; THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Volume I: To 1715, Second Edition (Contains Parts I-VI) ISBN: 0534610668; THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Volume II: Since 1500, Second Edition (Contains Parts IV-VIII) ISBN: 0534610676; THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Volume A: To 1500, Second Edition (Contains Parts I-IV) ISBN: 0534610692; THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Volume B: 1300-1815, Second Edition (Contains Parts III-VII) ISBN: 0534610706; THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Volume C: 1789-Present, Second Edition (Contains Parts VI-VIII) ISBN: 0534610714; THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Alternative Volume: Since 1300, Second Edition (Parts III-VIII, Topics 20-95) ISBN: 0534610684.

Table of Contents

PART III Medieval Europe

198

(138)

Politics After Rome: The Germanic Kingdoms

201

(9)

The Germanic Migrations and the West

202

(1)

Germanic Society: Warfare, Kinship, and Family

202

(2)

Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and Lombards: German Kingdoms in Southern Europe

204

(1)

The Franks and Christianity

205

(1)

The Making of Anglo-Saxon England

206

(2)

German Customs and Roman Traditions: The Formation of Europe

208

(2)

Early Medieval Christianity

210

(9)

Christianity and the Classical Heritage

211

(1)

The City of God: Augustine and His Vision

212

(1)

The Papacy and the Primacy of Rome

213

(2)

The Monastic Ideal

215

(1)

Women, Christianity, and the Church

216

(3)

Byzantium: The Eastern Empire

219

(11)

New Rome in the East: The Successors of Constantine

220

(1)

Justinian and the Imperial Quest

221

(1)

Byzantium under Stress: Military Threat and Religious Conflict

222

(1)

Byzantium in the North: The Slavs

223

(1)

Artistic Splendor in the Byzantine World

224

(2)

Economic Vitality and Social Inequality

226

(4)

Across Cultures Bishop Liutprand in Constantinople

226

(4)

Europe and Islam

230

(9)

The Arabian Peninsula and Its Peoples

231

(1)

Muhammad, the Founder of Islam

231

(2)

Islam and the Mediterranean: Conquest, Conversion, and Settlement

233

(1)

Spain and Sicily: Muslim Rule in Europe

234

(2)

Science and Culture: The Islamic Impact on the West

236

(3)

The First Europe: The West in the Age of Charlemagne

239

(13)

The Carolingians

240

(1)

Charlemagne: From Frankish King to Holy Roman Emperor

240

(4)

Perspectives from the Past Charlemagne and His Government

242

(2)

The Carolingian Renaissance

244

(2)

Manorialism and the Carolingian Economy

246

(2)

The Disintegration of the Carolingian Empire

248

(4)

The Social Order of Medieval Europe

252

(11)

The Feudal System: The Search for Security in an Age of Uncertainty

253

(1)

Rural Europe: Peasants and Aristocrats

253

(3)

The Revival of Trade and Emergence of Cities

256

(2)

Jewish Life in the Middle Ages

258

(2)

Medieval Women: The Private and Public Spheres

260

(1)

The Clergy and Secular Society

261

(2)

The Feudal Monarchies

263

(10)

Norman and Angevin England: The Development of Royal Administration

264

(1)

Public Figures and Private Lives Matilda of Flanders and William the Conqueror

265

(2)

France and the Capetian Monarchy: Nobles versus the King

267

(2)

German Kings and the Lure of Empire: From Otto I to Frederick Barbarossa

269

(1)

The Reconquista and the Kingdoms of Medieval Spain

270

(3)

The Militant Church: Reform and the Papacy

273

(14)

Reform and Renewal in the Church

274

(1)

The Investiture Controversy

275

(2)

Schism and the Crisis of Byzantium

277

(1)

The Era of the Crusades

278

(3)

The Age of Innocent III

281

(4)

Historical Perspectives Francis of Assisi

282

(3)

The Rise of Popular Devotion

285

(2)

Scholars, Troubadours, and Builders

287

(8)

The First Universities

288

(1)

Scholasticism: Faith, Reality, and Reason

289

(2)

Songs of Love and Battle: Heroic Epics and Troubadour Poetry

291

(1)

A New Musical Language: The Polyphonic Style

292

(1)

Architects and Sculptors: The Romanesque Cathedral

293

(2)

Monarchy and Its Limits: Government in the High Middle Ages

295

(10)

Political Theory and Church-State Relations in the High Middle Ages

296

(1)

England: Magna Carta and the Evolution of Parliament

297

(1)

The Consolidation of the French Monarchy

298

(3)

Stupor Mundi: Frederick of Hohenstaufen and the Imperial Dream

301

(4)

Art and Ideas in the Gothic Age

305

(9)

Faith versus Reason: The Heirs of Aquinas

306

(1)

The Climax of Medieval Literature: Dante's Divine Comedy

306

(1)

The Gothic Cathedral

307

(2)

Sculpture and Painting in the Gothic Age: Art in Transition

309

(5)

The Fourteenth Century: Stress and Change in European Society

314

(12)

Overpopulation and Its Consequences

315

(1)

The Plague

315

(2)

Bad Times and Social Protest: Peasants and Workers in Revolt

317

(5)

Perspectives from the Past The Black Death

318

(4)

The Church in Captivity: Schism and the Popes at Avignon

322

(4)

The Late Middle Ages

326

(10)

Agriculture, Trade, and Finance

327

(1)

European Society Before and After the Black Death

328

(4)

Historical Perspectives Gender in Medieval Society

330

(2)

The Life of Women

332

(1)

Humanism: The Classical Sources of a New Spirit

333

(3)

PART IV The Renaissance and Reformation

336

(90)

The Age of the New Monarchs

339

(9)

The Hundred Years' War and Its Aftermath

340

(2)

The Valois Kings and the Revival of France

342

(2)

Public Figures and Private Lives Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI of England

343

(1)

England and the Rise of the Tudors

344

(1)

Spain: From Aragon and Castile to Hapsburg Monarchy

345

(3)

Power and Culture in Renaissance Italy

348

(9)

Politics, Class, and Civic Identity: The Italian City-States

349

(3)

The Intellectual World of the Early Renaissance

352

(2)

Public Figures and Private Lives Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga

353

(1)

Patronage and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy

354

(1)

Italy and Europe: Power Politics and the Art of Diplomacy

354

(3)

The Visual Arts of the Italian Renaissance

357

(16)

The ``Modern Style'': Donatello, Brunelleschi, and Masaccio

358

(1)

Tradition and Experiment: The Later Quattrocento

359

(3)

Across Cultures Charles Dickens on Renaissance Italy

360

(2)

Harmony and Design in the High Renaissance

362

(2)

Harmony and Color: The Painting of the Venetian Republic

364

(9)

Perspectives from the Past Art and Artists in the Renaissance

366

(7)

Arts and Letters in Renaissance Europe

373

(9)

The Printing Revolution

374

(1)

The Northern Humanists: Education for a Christian Society

375

(1)

The Courtier and The Prince: Handbooks of Renaissance Strategy

376

(1)

The Conquest of Reality: Renaissance Art in the North

377

(2)

Music in the High Renaissance

379

(3)

Upheaval and Transformation in Eastern Europe

382

(10)

The Collapse of Byzantium

383

(1)

The Ottomans and the European Response

384

(2)

Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland

386

(2)

The Growth of the Principality of Moscow

388

(4)

The Era of Reconnaissance

392

(13)

Europeans and the World: The Early Travelers

393

(2)

Geography and Technology

395

(2)

The Portuguese Initiative

397

(3)

Perspectives from the Past The Portuguese in the Wider World

398

(2)

Spain, the Americas, and the European Economy

400

(5)

The Reformation

405

(10)

The Roots of Reform: Popular Discontent and the Crisis of the Western Church

406

(1)

``Here I Stand'': Martin Luther and the German Reformation

407

(2)

The Lutheran Movement: Peasant Rebellion and Aristocratic Strife

409

(1)

The Advance of Protestantism in Continental Europe

410

(2)

The Break with Rome: Henry VIII and the English Church

412

(3)

The Social Worlds of the Renaissance and Reformation

415

(11)

Class, Mobility, and Changing Values

416

(2)

Education, Marriage, and the Family

418

(1)

The Burdens of Gender: Women in a Changed World

419

(2)

Outsiders in Christian Europe: Jews, Muslims, and Blacks

421

(5)

Historical Perspectives The First Africans in Europe

422

(4)

PART V The Early Modern World

426

(72)

Catholic Reform and the Counter-Reformation

429

(9)

The Catholic Church and the Spirit of Renewal

430

(1)

Education and Conversion: The Jesuits and the Ursulines

431

(2)

The War Against the Heretics: The Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

433

(5)

Historical Perspectives The Social Life of European Jewry

434

(4)

Catholic Spain and the Struggle for Supremacy

438

(8)

Religion and Monarchy: The Reign of Philip II

439

(2)

Spain and Its Overseas Empire

441

(1)

Rebellion in the Netherlands: Religious Freedom and Political Independence

441

(3)

Spain versus England: The Armada Disaster

444

(2)

Crown and Parliament in Tudor-Stuart England

446

(8)

Elizabeth I and the Politics of Compromise

447

(1)

Toward Confrontation: James I and Parliament

448

(1)

Charles I and the Civil War

449

(2)

The Protectorate: The Dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell

451

(3)

Religious War and the Ascendancy of the French Monarchy

454

(11)

Religious Conflict: From the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre to the Edict of Nantes

455

(3)

The Cardinals and the State: The Administrations of Richelieu and Mazarin

458

(2)

Public Figures and Private Lives Marie de' Medici and Henry IV of France